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[–][deleted] 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yep. When established facts (like chromosomal- and gamete-based biological definitions of "female" and "male") are called "hate speech" and used successfully to ban users and fora and shut down discourse, the term is being misused. Misuse it enough and it loses meaning.

[–]Riothamus[S] 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Am I being paranoid if I think they're right-wingers who'll gleefully poison the well when it comes to legitimate hate speech criticisms? It's right out of Karl Rove's playbook, after all.

I suppose it may have been slightly dickish of me to point out that after shaving my face my delicate features make look far more feminine than the average TIM, not that I used that term. I actually get missexed from time to time because I somewhat resemble lesbians in the Rachel Maddow mold. They accused me of reducing women to sex objects for saying that, which doesn't even make sense. I pointed out I'm infinitely less womanly than the most masculine-looking woman for OBVIOUS REASONS.

The men doth protest too much, methinks.

[–]Veneficca 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not paranoid. Many of us think this. It's orchestrated and skillfully implemented to delegitimize LGB, feminism and the left.